Improvement in end-gates for wagons



G. W. FREEMAN & P. LOUGHY. End-Gate for Wagons.

No. 218,957. Patented Aug. 26.1879.

INVENTQRS ATTORNEY NFETERS, FHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER. WASNXNGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. FREEMAN AND PLEASANT LOUGH, OF FRANKFURT, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN END-GATES FOR WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,957, dated August 26, 1879 application filed December 31, 1878.

To all whom it magi concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. FREE- MAN and PLEASANT LOUGH, of Frankfort, in the county of Clinton and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tail-Boards of Wagon-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in tail-boards for wagons or vehicles; and the nature of the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear end of the wagon-body with the tail-board in place. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the tail-board removed. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the tailboard.

In the drawings, the letter 0 represents the bottom of a wagon or vehicle, and B B the sides thereof. At the rear ends of said sides are provided cleats D, of wood or other mate The letter Gr indicates a spring having on its under side a pin or projection, 11, and a handle,-K, to operate the said spring, which is secured to the tail-board by means of bolts or otherwise. J represents a guide to regulate the movement of the spring.

The letter :0 represents a plate recessed into the bottom of the wagon-body, and having a perforation. I, adapted to receive the pin or projection H of the spring G and lock the board in place when it is thrown into a vertical position.

To remove the tail-board, raise the spring G by the handle K, which removes the pin H from the perforation I; then, drawing the gate toward you, the bottom swings rearwardly on the attachments connected to the plates F, revolving in the key-hole slots E. The gate is then raised to a horizontal position, and by pushing from you, the attachments on said plate are caused to slide out of the key-hole slots, and the gate may be removed.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s- 0 The combination, with a wagon-body having a perforated central plate, as, recessed into its bottom, the end cleats, D, having recesses y at their upper ends, and the wear-plates E, secured to said cleats, and provided with openended'key-hole slots E at said recesses 31, of the gate A, having headed hinge-plates F, the transverse spring-catch G, provided with the handle K, and center-pin H, adapted to engage the plate 00, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. FREEMAN. PLEASANT LOUGH. Witnesses:

HENRY Y. MORRISON, JAMES R. BROWN. 

